Fishnwire Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Taken from a bird at Oneida Lake, WI
Muskieman Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 :devil: :devil: the Black Plague.. Randy
irishfield Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Probably perch under Skeeters hut with that many minnows in them !
Gregoire Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Didn't we have this discussion not too long ago?
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) looks like my belly after the friday night whitefish fry at the curling club! Edited February 10, 2011 by Dr. Salvelinus
GBW Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Probably perch under Skeeters hut with that many minnows in them !
splashhopper Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 looks like the bird was a bit of a glutton to me
ohhenrygsr Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 I hate those dam birds. They don't do any good for the environment and their poop is so toxic
DRIFTER_016 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 I had one come to my trout pond in Grand Valley once. It left in a body bag.
ohhenrygsr Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 I had one come to my trout pond in Grand Valley once. It left in a body bag. That's my new signature thanks Drifter
manitoubass2 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Theses birds run deep on the rainy lake. Never seen anything like it before, the sky goes from sunny to almost clear black for almost an hour, musta been 10 million birds. You'd see chunks of them break off and hit every little spot in each bay, even fighting with the pelicans.
danjang Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 I find it funny how this species was once at the brink of extinction/extirpation. I guess it was too much of a success story.
skeeter Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Probably perch under Skeeters hut with that many minnows in them ! it wont be from me. i havent used minnows this year yet. i had a couple of mini tube jigs from a fishing show and someone said thats what the perch are hitting on. so i tried them just to see how they worked. im still using them!!!!! just ask pikeslayers mom how they work!!!!!
bigbuck Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 A few years ago a bunch of natives went hunting up on Georgian Bay. The bottoms of their fishing boats were covered with spent 12 guage shells and there were tons of cormorant carcasses. Too bad they don't do it more often. I'd kick in a couple boxes of shells.
smally21 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 there was a rumour going around 'bout some guys on a tugboat in georgian bay shooting cormorants from the back of a big tugboat til their arms hurt so much they couldn't hold their guns up.......
manitoubass2 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Around rainy lake, I have heard of locals pouring gas on the eggs and nest in the spring. Not that I would ever condone such an activity, but it seems much more logical than trying to shoot millions of birds
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) there was a rumour going around 'bout some guys on a tugboat in georgian bay shooting cormorants from the back of a big tugboat til their arms hurt so much they couldn't hold their guns up....... i've witnessed this on superior. however they are very difficult to get close to, and hitting a target from the deck of a heaving 50 footer ain't easy! the old tug captain had a pretty good shot though. that said, controlling them in this way does nothing for them. it would be better to allow nature to do so, and let their population naturally collapse. if you suppress the population, they'll just keep trying to flourish. if nature suppresses them, it may be a much longer term solution. Edited February 10, 2011 by Dr. Salvelinus
DRIFTER_016 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Not that I would ever condone such an activity, but it seems much more logical than trying to shoot millions of birds Not nearly as much fun though.
Vanselena Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 MNR and DNR should have a one year open season on them, shoot as many as you can. These birds don't belong in fresh water.
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 These birds don't belong in fresh water. 10 000 years of evolution might disagree with you on that one.
Headhunter Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 I've seen them attack a stainless steel prop travelling at 50 MPH and funny enough, the bird lost the fight! HH
Pigeontroller Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 The worst overpopulation this planet has ever seen is us Humans...When animal populations get out of whack its usually because of us....Hmmmmm.
manitoubass2 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 The worst overpopulation this planet has ever seen is us Humans...When animal populations get out of whack its usually because of us....Hmmmmm. Good point
pics Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Without natural predators these birds will only get worse...... mineral oil is a better and more environmentally sound way to destroy the eggs.....
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